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Adriatic
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- 1 Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea. not-comparable
"She moves me not, or not removes, at least, Affection's edge in me, were she as rough As are the swelling Adriatic seas:"
- 1 A sea between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula; an extension of the Mediterranean located between the boot of Italy and the Dalmatian coast of the Balkans; in full, Adriatic Sea.
"Her husband sail'd upon the Adriatic, And made some voyages, too, in other seas,"
Etymology
From Latin Adriāticum, variant of Hadriātricum, from Hadria, ultimately from either: * an Etruscan settlement at the northern shore of the Adriatic Sea. * Illyrian *adur, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”), related to Proto-Albanian *udrijā, or from Venetic [script needed] (adur, “water”), in either case related to Latin unda and Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr), more at water.
From Latin Adriāticum, variant of Hadriātricum, from Hadria, ultimately from either: * an Etruscan settlement at the northern shore of the Adriatic Sea. * Illyrian *adur, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”), related to Proto-Albanian *udrijā, or from Venetic [script needed] (adur, “water”), in either case related to Latin unda and Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr), more at water.
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